Effect of melatonin on developmental competence, mitochondrial distribution, and intensity of fresh and vitrified/thawed in vitro matured buffalo oocytes

Table 4 Effects of the melatonin on the viability and morphology of the in-vitro matured vitrified/ warmed buffalo oocytes

Media	No. of mature oocytes No.	Recovered oocytes after warming No. (%)	Morphologically normal oocytes No. (%)	Morphologically abnormal oocytes No. (%)	X² (P)
VTCM	176	166 (94.31)^a	112 (67.46)^c	54 (32.53)^a	11.81 (0.01)
VTCM + Mel	182	176 (96.70)^a	128 (72.72)^b	48 (27.27)^b
VS2 + Mel	168	160 (95.23)^a	134 (83.75)^a	26 (16.25)^c

X² chi-square value, pp value
^a,^b,cMeans denoted within the same column with different superscripts are significantly different at (P ≤ 0.01)

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